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At some point you just have to turn around and face your life head on.

Chris Cleave

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Chris Cleave
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: May 14
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
London
England
Turns
Point
Faces
Around
Life
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Head
Face

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